This previous week noticed dozens of high competitors climbers collect in Santiago, Chile, for the IFSC Pan American Championships. 9 climbers for the USA left with medals, whereas one Canadian received a gold – examine it right here. USA Climbing issued the next data in a press launch at present.
The Pan American Championships is a multi-day occasion completely for athletes from the Americas to compete on a continental stage. Much like different competitions, athletes have the chance to compete in all three disciplines: Boulder, Lead, and Velocity.
November twentieth marked the beginning of the competitors with the lads’s Lead qualification and the ladies’s Boulder qualification rounds. The ladies’s and males’s Boulder finals concluded the occasion on November twenty fourth, with an award ceremony that adopted revealing extraordinarily promising outcomes for the US. The US nationwide staff received extra medals than every other staff on the championships.
Sato Takes Gold in Lead: US athlete Nathan Sato from Colorado took gold in Lead, which marked Sato’s greatest efficiency at any IFSC competitors he’s been in up to now, along with his expertise within the IFSC circuit going again to 2022 when he was nonetheless competing within the youth circuit. After putting eighth in Lead at his first Youth World Championship in 2022, Sato has climbed in yet another Youth World Championship and 4 extra IFSC World Cups earlier than making it to the Pan American Championships. Additionally incomes a spot on the rostrum within the males’s Lead ultimate was Declan Osgood who obtained bronze, with a shocking comeback after initially tying for seventh throughout qualifiers. Additionally representing the US within the males’s Lead self-discipline have been Hugo Hoyer and Cruz Padilla.
Olivia Ma and Kyra Condie Place Again to Again within the Ladies’s Lead Remaining: US athlete Olivia Ma from New Jersey took silver in Lead with a rating of 38+, with Kyra Condie from Utah following carefully behind in third with a rating of 37. Apparently, Ma additionally obtained silver on the 2019 IFSC Youth Championships in Boulder. Being 9 years older than Ma, Condie has an intensive listing of IFSC competitors expertise going again to 2012, with a constant spot on the Olympic staff since 2020. Additionally representing the US within the ladies’s Lead self-discipline was Adriene Akiko Clark.
Lin and Jennings Podium Seconds Aside: US athlete Thomas Lin from California took silver in Velocity, with Lin falling behind Ecuador’s Carlos Felipe Granja Lopez by solely 0.28 seconds within the ultimate. Lin has the least IFSC competitors expertise out of his teammates, however in 2024 alone he’s already competed in 5 IFSC occasions. Ben Jennings from Indiana took bronze, with Velocity being the one self-discipline he’s competed in throughout any IFSC competitors. His time of 5.98 seconds earned Jennings a spot at third. Lin achieved a barely shorter time at 5.79 seconds. Additionally representing the US within the males’s Velocity self-discipline was Noah Bratschi and Aidan Goddard.
Runnels Takes Bronze in Velocity: US athlete Liberty Runnels from Georgia took bronze in Velocity, solely three-hundredths of a second in entrance of Sophia Curcio, additionally from Georgia. Runnels started competing in IFSC competitions in 2022 completely in Velocity climbing, with this efficiency being her greatest at 8.74 seconds in her ultimate spherical. Additionally representing the US within the ladies’s Velocity self-discipline was Lily Nguyen and Micaela Patajo.
Clark Wins Gold in Boulder: US athlete Adriene Akiko Clark from Colorado took gold in Boulder, marking Clark’s greatest efficiency at any IFSC competitors she’s been in up to now. Since 2022 on the IFSC World Cup Seoul, Clark has competed in 12 IFSC occasions, nevertheless, her placement in Santiago reigns as her best efficiency up to now. Additionally representing the US within the ladies’s Boulder self-discipline was Kyra Condie, Kylie Cullen and Nekaia Sanders.
Hugo Hoyer Locations Second in Boulder: US athlete Hugo Hoyer from Tennessee positioned second in Boulder, with an energetic profession in IFSC competitions since his participation within the Youth World Championships again in 2021. Hoyer made a constant impression on the youth circuit, along with his most notable efficiency being when he grew to become the 2022 Youth World Champion in Boulder. Additionally representing the US within the males’s Boulder self-discipline was Charles Barron, Simon Hibbeler and Adam Shahar.
